Divine Grace - By Swami Ranganathanandaji

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We ask : when shall we begin our spiritual life? The Gita and Upanisads answer: When you are young, when your body is strong, when your mind is fresh and vigorous. But the answer of an other-worldly piety will be quite otherwise; it will tell you: Begin to think of religion when you are old. 

The philosophy of Vedanta bridges the gulf between action and contemplation, work and worship, the secular and the sacred. This was the philosophy that Swami Vivekananda preached in East and West alike at the end of the last century.

Swamiji preached karma ( detached action ), Jnana ( Self- knowledge ) and bhakti ( love of God ). To him, the workshop, the study, the farmyard, and the field are as true and fit scenes for the meeting of God with man as the door of the temple. To him,there is no difference between service of man and worship of God, between manliness and faith, between true righteousness and spirituality.'